Hey everyone! After a long, hard time working on the new album, we’re getting ready to deliver “Angel Museum” to you all, sooner than later…
Here’s a new track from the album to hold you over till the big one drops.
(In The) Wasteland
Nominated for 2 Kootenay Music Awards
March 6, 2012 by
Friends of the Blade! Just a quick note to let you know that we’ve been nominated for both “ARTIST OF THE YEAR” and “BEST ROCK/PUNK/METAL BAND” by the Kootenay Music Awards (the “Kootenays” is the region of BC/Canada where we live). So give us a couple minutes of your time, and vote for the Blade!! You can vote ONCE EVERY DAY in each category. Two quick votes, and that’s it! Done and done.
ARTIST OF THE YEAR – kootenayquickshot.ca/uncategorized/artist-of-the-year/
BEST ROCK/PUNK/METAL BAND – kootenayquickshot.ca/uncategorized/best-rockpunkmetal/
Thanks for the support…. keep it heavy!
Savage Blade Digital 7 Inch Single – Free Download
September 7, 2011 by
As we’re nearing the end of our recording sessions for the new album, we thought it would be cool to give you a little something to hold you over until the new record drops! We’re stoked to bring you the Savage Blade “Digital 7 Inch” Promotional Single!
We dug into the archives, and pulled out a couple of classic metal cover tunes that we tracked WAY back for fun – Saxon’s “Dallas 1PM“* and the Rods’ “Let Them Eat Metal“. A couple of great tunes from bands that have definitely influenced the Blade. With the help of our good buddy and engineer Cole St. Denys, we dusted ‘em off, mixed ‘em up and they’re right here waiting for you…. it’s a free download. Pass it on. The songs are in MP3 format (CBR 320kBit)
Download Now – zip file, 22MB
Saxon -”Dallas 1PM” – from the album “Strong Arm of the Law”
Saxon are an English heavy metal band, formed in 1976 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. As front-runners of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, they had 8 UK Top 40 albums in the 1980s including 4 UK Top 10 albums. Saxon also had numerous singles in the Top 20 singles chart. Between 1980 and 1987 Saxon established themselves as one of Europe’s biggest metal acts, they also had success in Japan and in the USA. In Japan, the single “Motorcycle Man” stayed in the charts for over 5 months. They still tour heavily and regularly. Their latest tour is their largest in the UK since the late 1980s. Saxon have sold more than 13 million albums worldwide and heavily influenced bands such as Metallica, Megadeth, Sodom and Running Wild. They are renowned for their live act and are considered one of the finest live performers of the metal genre.
The Rods – “Let Them Eat Metal”
The Rods are an American heavy metal band formed by David “Rock” Feinstein (guitar and vocals), Garry Bordonaro (bass and vocals) and Carl Canedy (drums and vocals).
Feinstein had first come to mainstream attention after playing in Elf, with his cousin Ronnie James Dio. The Rods sound differed considerably from Elf, adopting a more traditional heavy metal sound compared with the blues-rock sound that Elf preferred. Their first album was originally released independently as Rock Hard in 1980 and the following year the band was signed by Arista Records, who reordered the album tracks and released it simply titled The Rods. In 1984, The Rods made their fourth studio album “Let Them Eat Metal”. Carl Canedy is also a producer of heavy metal bands, and his credits include Anthrax’s Armed and Dangerous and Spreading the Disease, Exciter’s Violence & Force, Overkill’s Feel the Fire, and Possessed’s Beyond the Gates
Download Now – zip file, 22MB
*Guitar solo on Dallas 1PM by Andy Parks.
Savage Blade Welcome New Guitarist Marc Hamelin
May 19, 2011 by
Hey Savage Maniacs! We’ve got some more big, fresh news for you all… after a little shakeup this spring, we’re excited to announce the addition of our new guitarist, Marc-Andre Hamelin. With some serious guitar skill, serious motivation, and just the right amount of a “not-so-serious” attitude, Marc has proven to be the perfect fit for the Blade as we forge ahead in our mission to deliver true, Canadian metal to those who seek it – wherever we may roam.
Marc-Andre Hamelin developed his unique guitar style from influences such as Annihilator, Rush, Metallica, Deep Purple and Iron Maiden. While growing up in the northern city of Whitehorse Yukon, Marc-Andre found his passion for playing guitar and began his musical career by diving right into the northern music festival circuit. He found success with previous bands Pro Decibel and Hammerhead with which he recorded 3 albums and toured in western Canada . In 2007 he moved to Nelson BC to continue to tour and record music, as well as study studio/live engineering.
Marc will be making his live debut with the Blade on May 28th, 2011 at the SpiritBar in our hometown of Nelson, BC. See ya’ll there… in the meantime, check out Marc’s official introduction on Video Update Vol. II
We’d like to thank Mike “The Gretl” Hodsall for his tour of duty with the Blade, and wish him all the best in his newest projects – a Pantera tribute band, and his original deep-groove funk act, “Circle the Wagons”.
The Blade enters the studio for “Angel Museum”
May 10, 2011 by
For Immediate Release:
Canadian true/traditional metal band, Savage Blade, have descended upon Serpico Audio Studios in Nelson, BC to begin recording final vocal tracks for their forthcoming release, entitled “Angel Museum”. This will be the band’s highly-anticipated second full-length album, following up on 2009′s “We Are The Hammer”. Although firmly entrenched in the same classic sound and style of their first release, “Angel Museum” signals a growth in the band’s collaborative songwriting, arrangement and production efforts. Intense, progressive, thrashy, epic. Wicked. Although no official date has been set, the band are on track to have the album completed and ready for release in late 2011.
Savage Blade In the Studio – Video Blog
As we slug it out in Serpico, we’re going to post ongoing video updates from the studio. Good clean fun. For the most part. You’ll get to hear from the guys, and get some audio teasers of the new songs as well.
